Covenantal Dispensationalism Quotes

“The tangible, material promises made by God to give Israel a Land are not transferred somehow to the Church. The two are distinct; one did not replace the other.”
― Matthew Stamper, Covenantal Dispensationalism: An Examination of the Similarities and Differences Between Covenant Theology and Dispensationalism

“Therefore the whole idea of man living under different economies is not odd, nor is it a wrong-headed way of thinking, but when properly understood, it is the method by which God continues to show man’s failure and for his need of a savior, and the ever-increasing revelation of that savior in the person of Jesus Christ. As”
― Matthew Stamper, Covenantal Dispensationalism: An Examination of the Similarities and Differences Between Covenant Theology and Dispensationalism

“Lewis Sperry Chafer says, “If one does not bring a lamb to the altar in worshipping God, then he is a Dispensationalist. One who worships on Sunday instead of Saturday is also a Dispensationalist, because he recognizes the Sabbath was for Israel, not the Church (Exodus 20:8-11).”[130] The”
― Matthew Stamper, Covenantal Dispensationalism: An Examination of the Similarities and Differences Between Covenant Theology and Dispensationalism

“Dispensationalism includes certain truths regarding the Church, prophecy, and Israel, but it is basically an outlook on the Bible that works on the basis of historic, orthodox tenets of the faith, and attempts to allow the Bible to open itself to the reader. This is clearly the factor that divides it from other conservative systems of interpretation.[127]”
― Matthew Stamper, Covenantal Dispensationalism: An Examination of the Similarities and Differences Between Covenant Theology and Dispensationalism

“However, if an attempt to harmonize Covenant Theology with Dispensationalism has ever had inklings of success, it is that of Progressive Dispensationalism. This”
― Matthew Stamper, Covenantal Dispensationalism: An Examination of the Similarities and Differences Between Covenant Theology and Dispensationalism

“Progressive Dispensationalism advocates a holistic and unified view of eternal salvation.”[120] This means that all the redeemed will be blessed with the same salvation with respect to justification and sanctification. One wonders if this is not similar to the concept and purpose of the Covenant of Grace in Covenant Theology.[121]   While”
― Matthew Stamper, Covenantal Dispensationalism: An Examination of the Similarities and Differences Between Covenant Theology and Dispensationalism

“The Fathers (1) distinguished between the Church and national Israel, (2) recognized distinctions among the differing peoples of God throughout biblical history, and (3) believed in the literal fulfillment of covenant promises in the earthly kingdom. . . . The contemporary dispensational position on Israel and the Church is primarily a refinement and not a contradiction of the position of the ante-Nicene Church.[106]   Ice”
― Matthew Stamper, Covenantal Dispensationalism: An Examination of the Similarities and Differences Between Covenant Theology and Dispensationalism

“Regardless of the number of economies to which the Fathers held, the fact remains that they set forth what can only be considered a doctrine of ages and dispensations which foreshadows Dispensationalism as it is held today. Their views were certainly less well defined and less sophisticated. But it is evident that the early Fathers viewed God’s dealings with His people in dispensational terms. . . . In every major area of importance in the early Church one finds rudimentary features of Dispensationalism that bear a striking resemblance to their contemporary offspring.[105]   Often”
― Matthew Stamper, Covenantal Dispensationalism: An Examination of the Similarities and Differences Between Covenant Theology and Dispensationalism

“…We stress that the best system of interpretation is the one that opens up the most Scripture and allows Scripture to be consistent with itself. This type of interpretation is at the heart of Dispensationalism.”
― Matthew Stamper, Covenantal Dispensationalism: An Examination of the Similarities and Differences Between Covenant Theology and Dispensationalism

“Although it is true that it is a covenant, to confuse this covenant with the Mosaic covenant could set a person on his or her way towards Replacement Theology and miss the purposes that remain for Israel in the Millennial Kingdom. The”
― Matthew Stamper, Covenantal Dispensationalism: An Examination of the Similarities and Differences Between Covenant Theology and Dispensationalism

“Theological positions can be placed on a continuum running from views holding to absolute continuity between the Testaments to views holding to absolute discontinuity between the Testaments. The more one moves in the continuity direction, the more covenantal he becomes; and the more he moves in the discontinuity direction, the more dispensational he becomes.”[37]”
― Matthew Stamper, Covenantal Dispensationalism: An Examination of the Similarities and Differences Between Covenant Theology and Dispensationalism

“To put it another way, Covenant Theology is the Bible’s way of explaining and deepening our understanding of: (1) the atonement [the meaning of the death of Christ]; (2) assurance [the basis of our confidence of communion with God and enjoyment of his promises]; (3) the sacraments [signs and seals of God’s covenant promises — what they are and how they work]; and (4) the continuity of redemptive history [the unified plan of God’s salvation]. Covenant Theology is also an hermeneutic, an approach to understanding the Scripture — an approach that attempts to biblically explain the unity of biblical revelation.[15] A”
― Matthew Stamper, Covenantal Dispensationalism: An Examination of the Similarities and Differences Between Covenant Theology and Dispensationalism

“this promise had already been in place prior to the announcement in Genesis 3. He states in Titus, “in the hope of eternal life that God, who cannot lie, promised before time began, and has in His own time revealed His message in the proclamation that I was entrusted with by the command of God our Savior (Titus 1:2-3):[7]”
― Matthew Stamper, Covenantal Dispensationalism: An Examination of the Similarities and Differences Between Covenant Theology and Dispensationalism